This recipe is very old and has been passed down threw the years. I remember my Grandmother serving it years ago and she would be 108 if she was here with us now. I'm sure its been altered along the way but is as good now as its ever been.
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Steamed Christmas Pudding

1 cup molasses
1 cup finely chopped suet
1 cup whole milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 cup raisins
1 cup ground carrots or can be substituted
1 cup of mixed chopped green n red cherries.
2 cups flour

Mix the molasses - suet and milk until blended.
Then add the spices and fruit.
Finally mix in the flour.
Put the mixture in a 2 qt dish that can be steamed
in a large pot of water for 2 hours. Dont peek during
the steaming or the pudding drops and is solid hard.

Rum Sauce

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp corn starch
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp vinegar
2 tsp rum flavoring or real rum
2 cups boiling water

Blend well together until it just boils and thickens
serve hot over christmas pudding

Note:
This pudding freezes very well. I made 4 yesterday to give to family. I put them in the large zip lock freezer bags. They now can freeze until christmas.
Then just slice n nuke and serve with the sauce.

For a bit of background, some time ago I spoke with my 80 y.o. mother and asked if there was anything she had not had in a long time that she'd like to have me make for her. She very quickly responded "My mother's carrot pudding." After considerable discussion with my mother, I did exhaustive web searches and finally came upon this recipe, which seems to be exactly the recipe my grandmother made for my mother and my mother's grandfather. The joke was that the grandfather absolutely hated carrots but loved the pudding (nobody ever told him it contained carrots!)...

My mother had not had this dish in over 60 years, since her mother passed away (unfortunately, I never knew her). The most difficult part was locating suet. I secured some and easily made this recipe. It was extraordinarily delicious and rich!!!!!!! I thought my mother was levitating when she first tasted it. She said it was EXACTLY what she remembered as a child. What a compliment! The look on her face was priceless.

I want to personally thank rusty_ns for providing this top-notch recipe. Believe me, not only do I thank you, but my 80 year old mother does, too! Bless you and thanks again!

Dave
drdave19@bellsouth.net